I had discovered that learning something, no matter how complex, wasn't hard when I had a reason to want to know it..

A lot of folks just get it in their head that, for instance, like writing memoirs is just easy. You just write down what happened. It doesn't quite w….

Always I try to write about people. People are interested in other people always..

Becoming a writer can kind of spoil your reading because you kind of read on tracks. You're reading as someone who wants to enjoy the book but also, ….

A rocket won't fly unless somebody lights the fuse!.

You must completely dedicate yourselves to it. To do less will be to let down your country, your state, your parents, your teachers, and ultimately, ….

The key to not getting rejected if you're writing for a magazine, is to know to read that magazine and know everything about them before you ever mak….

Writer's block to me is where you stop because you're afraid to go forward because you're not sure of what really should be happening next and you th….

You've got to be a good reader. So whatever genre that you're interested in, read a lot of books about it and it's better than any kind of writing cl….

Despite the ills of our society, we largely live among compassionate, kind and optimistic people who are striving to do good. [...] Learn how to be h….

A man can't hit a woman and stay a man. He becomes a loathsome thing, even to himself. But the woman who stays with such a man panders to his darknes….

I have never been able to understand anyone on this planet who lacks a need for knowledge. Is it not God's greatest gift to us all, this capacity to ….

As I wrote more I became more critical of myself and I think that you have to be your harshest judge. I don't ever believe that what I write is my be….

I didn’t care…about heroes who could read minds or walk through walls or do magic. The heroes I liked had courage and knew more real stuff than those….

Not much comes easy in this world, Sonny. If it does, it's best to be suspicious of it. It's probably not worth much..

It is better to confess ignorance than provide it..

There are two things every woman really wants: one, she wants to know that a man really loves her, and two, that he isn't going to stop..

I would tell people some years later that I was raised an only child and so was my brother..